| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Afro-Caribben spirituality: a Haitian case study / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Vodou in Haiti: way of life and mode of survival / Claudine Michel -- African interpretations of the Christian cross in vodou / Leslie Gerald Desmangles -- The song of freedom: vodou, conscientization and popular culture in Haiti / Gerdès Fleurant -- Yon moso twal nan bwa = A piece of cloth on wood : the drapo vodou in myths of origin / Anna Wexler -- "The Jew" in the Haitian imagination: pre-modern anti-Judaism in the post-modern Caribbean / Elizabeth A. McAlister - Resisting freedom: cultural factors in democracy-the case for Haiti / Patrick Bellegarde-Smith -- The Haiti-New Orleans vodou connection: Zora Neale Hurston as initiate observer / Richard Brent Turner -- Water in their eyes, dust on their land: heat and illness in a Haitian town / Pierre Minn -- How Houngans use the light from distant stars / LeGrace Benson -- Vodou in Haitian literature / Carrol F. Coates -- It's all for you, Sen jak! / Donald J. Cosentino. |
| Subject |
Vodou -- Haiti.
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Haiti -- Religious life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Michel, Claudine.
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Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick.
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| Added Title |
Vodoo in Haitian life and culture |
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Invisible powers |
| ISBN |
1403971617 alkaline paper |
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9781403971616 alkaline paper |
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1403971625 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781403971623 paperback alkaline paper |
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